IVIV (7): He's So Heavy

John Carvill johncarvill at gmail.com
Tue Sep 29 08:29:59 CDT 2009


I tell you what: it's lucky ofr malignD that he has you around to helpo him out.

> Oh, of course, I could not possibly have had any reason for my "contribution" but antagonism towards you.

Well, your 'contribution' contained absolutely nothing except a dig at
me. So I guess if there *had* been some other reason, it ought to have
been more readily apparent, is all.

Aw, who cares?



On 29/09/2009, Ray Easton <kraimie at kraimie.net> wrote:
> John Carvill wrote:
>>> If only MalignD had had you around to help him out, eh?
>>>
>> I wish he had! I would dearly love the opportunity to 'help out'
>> malignD, believe me.
>>
>> Nice of you to contribute. Thing is, I only spoke up because I wanted
>> to be sure that someone flagged up the fact that malignD was, as ever,
>> being a whiny nit-picker.
>
> "Thing is, I only spoke up because I wanted to be sure that someone
> flagged up the fact that, as ever, you could not confine yourself to
> discussing the topic at hand without resorting to ad hominem's."
> (Quotes around this statement because in fact that was not my reason at
> all.)
>
> Of course, this current post of my mine has now become a case of "pot,
> meet kettle" -- but you're hardly in a position to complain about that.
>
>> And I guess I'm mildly interested to know,
>> maybe just from an anthropological perspective, if he really is as
>> literal minded as posts such as that one make him appear.
>>
>> Your contribution, on the other hand, is pure, empty antagonism.
>>
>>
>
> Oh, of course, I could not possibly have had any reason for my
> "contribution" but antagonism towards you.
>
> You flatter yourself.
>
> Ray
>



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